# Gun death and violence in the United States by state

This is a list of US states by gun deaths and rates of violence. In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, but over 80% of homicides.
Gun deaths in 2021 rose to levels not seen since the 1990s, but remained below rates of the 1970s.
A 2022 study found that guns were the cause of more years lost than any other source of traumatic injury, including motor vehicles.

## Gun death rates

Data are from the CDC and are for the year 2021. Rates are per 100,000 inhabitants. Gun ownership estimates are from the RAND Corporation.
Gun death rates per 100,000 people :
| Location | Gun suicide rate | Suicide rate | Gun homicide rate | Homicide rate | % gun at home |
| United States | 7.9 | 14.5 | 6.3 | 7.8 | |
| Wyoming | 23.7 | 32.8 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 61% |
| Montana | 21.6 | 31.7 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 65% |
| Alaska | 19.4 | 30.0 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 57% |
| New Mexico | 14.4 | 25.2 | 10.9 | 14.5 | 36% |
| Oklahoma | 13.8 | 22.0 | 6.4 | 8.6 | 55% |
| Idaho | 13.8 | 20.4 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 58% |
| North Dakota | 13.2 | 20.1 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 53% |
| Nevada | 13.1 | 22.0 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 33% |
| Arkansas | 12.9 | 20.4 | 9.3 | 11.1 | 52% |
| Colorado | 12.8 | 23.8 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 38% |
| West Virginia | 12.7 | 21.0 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 60% |
| Alabama | 12.4 | 16.4 | 12.9 | 14.8 | 53% |
| Missouri | 12.1 | 19.1 | 9.9 | 11.6 | 53% |
| Arizona | 12.1 | 20.3 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 36% |
| Oregon | 11.9 | 20.9 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 41% |
| Kentucky | 11.8 | 18.1 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 53% |
| Kansas | 11.8 | 19.1 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 42% |
| Tennessee | 11.7 | 17.5 | 10.2 | 11.6 | 47% |
| Maine | 11.5 | 20.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 48% |
| Vermont | 11.5 | 22.0 | | 1.5 | 50% |
| Mississippi | 11.3 | 16.3 | 19.8 | 22.2 | 54% |
| South Dakota | 10.9 | 22.7 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 55% |
| Utah | 10.9 | 19.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 40% |
| South Carolina | 10.5 | 15.5 | 10.7 | 12.6 | 45% |
| Georgia | 10.3 | 15.5 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 38% |
| Indiana | 10.2 | 16.6 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 42% |
| Louisiana | 10.0 | 14.9 | 17.4 | 20.4 | 52% |
| Iowa | 9.2 | 17.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 39% |
| Florida | 8.9 | 15.4 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 29% |
| North Carolina | 8.7 | 13.7 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 37% |
| Texas | 8.6 | 14.2 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 36% |
| Ohio | 8.4 | 15.0 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 42% |
| Wisconsin | 8.2 | 15.3 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 47% |
| Virginia | 8.2 | 13.7 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 35% |
| Michigan | 8.1 | 14.8 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 39% |
| New Hampshire | 8.0 | 16.1 | | 1.1 | 46% |
| Washington | 8.0 | 15.9 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 32% |
| Pennsylvania | 7.7 | 14.5 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 40% |
| Delaware | 7.6 | 13.7 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 39% |
| Nebraska | 7.4 | 14.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 39% |
| Minnesota | 6.9 | 14.2 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 39% |
| Illinois | 5.2 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 23% |
| Maryland | 5.0 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 17% |
| California | 4.0 | 10.6 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 16% |
| Connecticut | 3.4 | 11.1 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 19% |
| Rhode Island | 3.3 | 10.7 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 14% |
| Hawaii | 2.9 | 14.0 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 9% |
| New York | 2.2 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 14% |
| New Jersey | 2.1 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 9% |
| Massachusetts | 1.9 | 8.6 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 9% |
| District of Columbia | 1.8 | 6.9 | 25.2 | 33.3 | |

## Gun death totals

Data are from the CDC and are for the year 2021.
Missing values indicate between 1 and 9 deaths for the year, so the specific figure is suppressed.
Gun deaths by intent :
| State | Gun deaths | Suicide | Homicide | Accident | Law |
| United States | 48,830 | 26,328 | 20,958 | 549 | 537 |
| Texas | 4,613 | 2,528 | 1,942 | 53 | 38 |
| California | 3,576 | 1,575 | 1,861 | 32 | 89 |
| Florida | 3,142 | 1,928 | 1,150 | 18 | 25 |
| Georgia | 2,200 | 1,115 | 1,021 | 25 | 22 |
| Illinois | 1,995 | 656 | 1,292 | 15 | 18 |
| Ohio | 1,911 | 991 | 872 | 21 | 12 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,905 | 997 | 861 | 25 | 13 |
| North Carolina | 1,839 | 916 | 850 | 46 | 15 |
| Tennessee | 1,569 | 814 | 714 | 11 | |
| Michigan | 1,544 | 810 | 701 | | |
| Missouri | 1,414 | 747 | 609 | 24 | 15 |
| Arizona | 1,365 | 879 | 430 | | 26 |
| Alabama | 1,315 | 623 | 650 | 19 | 11 |
| Louisiana | 1,314 | 463 | 804 | 27 | |
| Indiana | 1,251 | 695 | 517 | 15 | 10 |
| Virginia | 1,248 | 709 | 505 | 12 | |
| South Carolina | 1,136 | 546 | 558 | 21 | |
| New York | 1,078 | 439 | 613 | | 15 |
| Colorado | 1,064 | 745 | 276 | | 29 |
| Mississippi | 962 | 333 | 583 | 21 | |
| Kentucky | 947 | 534 | 364 | 25 | |
| Maryland | 915 | 310 | 592 | 0 | |
| Washington | 896 | 617 | 254 | | |
| Oklahoma | 836 | 551 | 257 | 11 | |
| Wisconsin | 793 | 484 | 290 | | |
| Arkansas | 698 | 391 | 281 | 11 | |
| Oregon | 670 | 505 | 146 | | 12 |
| Nevada | 633 | 413 | 199 | | |
| New Mexico | 578 | 305 | 230 | | 26 |
| Minnesota | 573 | 393 | 164 | | 10 |
| Kansas | 503 | 345 | 145 | 10 | |
| New Jersey | 475 | 195 | 276 | 0 | |
| Utah | 450 | 364 | 70 | | |
| Iowa | 364 | 293 | 64 | | |
| West Virginia | 319 | 227 | 86 | | |
| Idaho | 309 | 262 | 28 | | 11 |
| Montana | 280 | 239 | 30 | | |
| Connecticut | 248 | 122 | 116 | | |
| Massachusetts | 247 | 136 | 99 | 0 | |
| Nebraska | 200 | 145 | 46 | | |
| District of Columbia | 185 | 12 | 169 | 0 | |
| Alaska | 182 | 142 | 31 | | |
| Maine | 178 | 158 | 12 | | |
| Delaware | 158 | 76 | 80 | 0 | |
| Wyoming | 155 | 137 | 10 | | |
| North Dakota | 128 | 102 | 20 | | 0 |
| South Dakota | 128 | 98 | 25 | 0 | |
| New Hampshire | 123 | 111 | | | |
| Vermont | 83 | 74 | | 0 | |
| Hawaii | 71 | 42 | 23 | | |
| Rhode Island | 64 | 36 | 27 | 0 | |